This Is Only A Test
“This is a test. For the next sixty seconds, this station will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test.“
“Dad, what’s that?”
“The TV station has to run this test every couple of days.”
“I don’t get it, what kind of test.”
“Mark, they have to test the network. If it happens, the government takes over all the TV stations and tells them what to say.”
“If what happens?”
“If the Russians send missiles over.”
“Oh………….. Dad, why would they send missiles over?”
“To kill us.”
“……… Oh.”
“Don’t worry, they know we’d kill them too. Within a few minutes, the whole world would be dead.”
“………. Oh……….. So….. what are they gonna say on TV?”
“I don’t know. Johnson would probably say something.”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know, Mark. He’d have to say something so everyone wouldn’t panic.”
“But if everyone is about to die…”
“Mark, I don’t know. Be quiet now, the ballgame is back on. Santo’s up.”
“Oh…..”
